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Correlational findings

Study Hawkins & Booth (2005): study US 1980

Public
Couples, USA, followed 12 years, 1980-1992
Survey name
US-Longitudinal study Instability of marriage over life course
Sample
Respondents
N = 1150
Non Response
35%
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Education
Our Classification
Remarks
T1(1980), T2(1983), T3(1988) and T4(1992)
Distribution
M=14.48, SD=2.71, Range 0-28
Operationalization
Years of schooling

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad r = +.00 ns T1 Happiness (1980) by T4 Schooling O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad r = +.04 ns T4 Happiness (1992)by T4 schooling O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ad Beta = +.05 ns T1-T4 CHANGE in happiness by T4 schooling
(T4 happiness controlling T1 happiness)
Beta additionally controlled for:
- Continuously married
- Divorced/Unmarried
- Divorced/Remarried
- Age
- Gender
- White
- Family income
- Number of children
- Stepchild
- Religiosity
- Remarried
- Cohabited